Document Management only

[kmv2k]

I have a prctice using softdent and really only want to have a paper chart archival/retrieval program. I do need the abilty to "look up" things and want to archive my older paper charts. Anyone using OD for primarily this reason?

[jordansparks]

It doesn't work well to try to mix and match two different systems unless you can quickly bridge between them. In this case you would need a bridge from SoftDent to Open Dental. We allow you to pass in the patient Id in a command line argument:
http://www.opendental.com/manual/commandline.html
So the only thing holding you back would be the inability of SD to pass a command line argument to Open Dental. If they had that feature (which I doubt), it would look similar to our Program Links:
http://www.opendental.com/manual/programlinks.html
And they would have to support custom bridges.

Bridges require support from both programs. We fully support user-defined bridges going in both directions. In contrast, most other dental software charges for outgoing bridges and does not support incoming bridges at all.

[boboffice]

I have a prctice using softdent and really only want to have a paper chart archival/retrieval program. I do need the abilty to "look up" things and want to archive my older paper charts. Anyone using OD for primarily this reason?

I switched from SoftDent to OD late last year and could not be happier. A huge step up in a variety of ways. Maybe you should consider a complete switch.

[Pruce Dental]

Yeah..listen to what Bob says...I too switched from Softdent....using OD to just scan in your old charts is like going out and buying a 5 million dollar house and only living in the basement..There is soo much more to OD than Softdent...with proper planning the move can be really easy...

[deedplot]

It is interesting to see others who have had it with Softdent. Version 15 has been a disaster with our office and their developement team does not seem to have any interest in fixing things. I am looking very seriously at switching and really like what I have seen so far.